How To Say Nothing In 500 Words

To say nothing in five hundred words is in fact easier than saying something in two hundred words. Roberts makes a point to mention that instead of bringing up every reason why football should be abolished in one essay, to keep the focus on one major issue. I have to agree. When I write, I try to keep my focus on the topic at hand, although I will admit that I tend to have many subtopics going through my mind. I find it easier to write a paragraph on each subtopic with all of my valid points, than to crank out a paper on many different subtopics with very little to say about each one. After doing this, I am able to depict which will make my stronger paper or essay. Which is one of the points Roberts is trying to make.

I also noticed that Roberts mentions many elementary skills to writing, that I was once taught by my loony tenth grade writing teacher. Be creative in what is being said, do not let it become so dull that whoever is reading it falls asleep, but better yet, use some flamboyant words; not everywhere, but in a few places. Do leave some dull points because the paper should not be too flashy. And sometimes it can be said better when it is dull than when it is spiced up. The more information you have to write the paper, the better the paper will be. Which brings up my subtopics issue from the previous paragraph. Having a set amount to write can be difficult. One either has more to say, or not enough. To write everything that is running through your mind, to not use the first few ideas and be blunt about it is better. I really like Roberts’ concept here, it makes a lot of sense. Though, shouldn’t this have been a given? I mean really, is it that hard to say what you really mean when you say it all the time to your friends and usually have more to say than what you really needed to in the first place.

But if you don’t have a lot to say, Roberts suggests rearranging the wording, so that you can say everything, which of course is not in fact easier than having too much to say. When you do have too much to say, you can break it down into what is more important. (As previously stated). The main thing that is taken from me in this article is that Roberts put a fun little twist on getting the basic points of writing across. Rather than informing us how to make our papers better and not boring as they apparently tend to be, he makes us interested in what he has to say by goofing around with is style and getting write to the point. (I meant to do that. It’s my lil pun). Which is exactly what Roberts is trying to get across.